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Author Labrecque, Ellen, author.

Title Who was Maya Angelou? / by Ellen Labrecque ; illustrated by Dede Putra.

Publication Info. New York, New York : Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House, [2016]
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1666094~S1
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 Naper Blvd. Juvenile Biography  J BIO ANGELOU    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO ANGELOU    AVAILABLE
 Nichols Juvenile Biography  J BIO ANGELOU    AVAILABLE
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Description 105 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Series Who was--?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 104).
Contents Who was Maya Angelou? -- Momma -- A child with no voice -- The California years -- A big break -- Becoming a writer -- Civil rights activist -- Home away from home -- Becoming a famous writer -- A hero to us all -- Timelines.
Summary Born in Missouri in 1928, Maya Angelou had a difficult childhood. Jim Crow laws segregated blacks and whites in the South. Her family life was unstable at times. But much like her poem, "Still I Rise," Angelou was able to lift herself out of her situation and flourish. She moved to California and became the first black and first female streetcar operator before following her interest in dance. She became a professional performer in her twenties and toured the U.S. and Europe as an opera star and calypso dancer. But Angelou's writing became her defining talent. Her poems and books, including "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," brought her international acclaim.
Study Program Accelerated Reader MG 5.8 1 180228
Note Accelerated Reader MG 5.8 1 180228
Subject Angelou, Maya -- Juvenile literature.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African American women civil rights workers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
African Americans -- Biogtaphy -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Added Author Putra, Dede (Illustrator)
ISBN 9780448488530 (paperback)
0448488531 (paperback)
9781518205552 (Paw Prints)
1518205550 (Paw Prints)
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